The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
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Monroe Bulletin deems consistency,
we reproduce in juxtupositton extracts
from its "Fsing" article OF July 6, and
its "Ring'' article of this week. On
July 6, in telling US who composed the
Ouachita Ring, the Bulletin said:
The gentlemen struck at, in the va
ones in the parish-rcspected and re-
spectacle merchants, planters, farmers
and professional men.
In its issue OF August 81, the Bulle-
tin says:
Those who compose what is called
the "Ring" here do not live in the
town of Monroe, they are not the office
holders, Office seekers or professional
politicians OF the parish. This so called
"Ring" is virtually made up of the
planters and farmers OF this parish aud
those who are not in 1t have remained
on the outside by their own choice or
through a feeling of indiGerentism on
political questions. The door is wide
open, and whoever will, let him come
in.
What has become OF the "respected
and respectable merchants" and the
"professional men" who were in the
ring, according to the Bulletin, on July
|G, but who the Bulletin now declares,
form no part OF the ring?
And now We call upon the Bulletin
10 say what farmers in or with the
ring, arc not also planters.
1t cannot name half-a-dozen. and
those who are with the ring, (not in II,
there being wide distinction between
the two cases,) are with it from some
motive of private Interest or personal
friendship.
According to the Bulletin then, the
farmers of the parish being s'scused
out" the ring is composed of planters.
Leave Gen. TheobaIds' name out of
the case neighbor. We have no fight
with Individuals on this ring question.
This fight is made on principle.
Your invitation to people to come
into the ring, while probably made by
authority, we cannot regard as sincere.
Why, If the people rushed headlong
into that organization, and acre a.
lotced an eQual Uoice aUith the members
of the present close corporation, there
would be an end OF ring methods aud
ring purposes. We have never known
a monopoly, political or other, to vol
unfairly release its grip upon the peo-
pie, and II will take more than this In
vitation to convince us that the Ouach-
ita Ring is about to commit suicide.
For the benefit of the neighboring
parishes, and to prevent their being
misled by the Bulletin, we will tell
them who compose the Ouachita Ring.
First, there arc five or six planters
and managers of large plantations who
hold in subsection large number of
negro voters, these negro voters not
tiers, who herd their black retainors at
Democratic mass meetings aud prima-
ries, in the two largest wards in the
parish, and by this means crush out all
hope of expression of the will of the
white Democrats of the parish, or the
depression of the will of any body else
except that Of the ring.
Secondly, there arc two or three
lawyers in Monroe who ase looked to
by these planters TO do the Wire-pulliny,
manipulating, talking AMI general fix
ing OF things so as to give some appear
ancc Of decency to the high-handcd
proceedings of the planters and mana
gers.
We may add that the planters, man-
ayers and lawyers composing the ring
are and all the most energetic and
pcrsovcring politicians of Ouachita
parish, and il there is such thing in
this country az profession of politics,
they are tho professional politicians.
Some Of them, at least, are persistent
oilice-seckers and Office holders, while
all of them aspire to he the small
Warwicks vino are to name the officers
for tho people.
l. is the system we paint, neighbor,
and il is even blacker than we can
show il.
'sTHE ISSUE NARROWED DOWN."
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